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September 14, 2017

Sen. Bernie Sanders and 15 Co-Sponsors Introduce Medicare-for-All Bill
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On Capitol Hill, Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a
bill Wednesday that would provide universal healthcare by expanding
Medicare to include every American. Sanders introduced the bill flanked
by doctors, nurses and some of the bill's 15 Democratic co-sponsors.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "Today, we begin the debate, vital to the future of
our economy, as to why it is that in the United States we spend almost
twice as much per capita on healthcare as any other nation on Earth, and
yet we have 28 million people without any health insurance and even more
who are underinsured, with high deductibles and copayments."

Sanders unveiled his Medicare-for-all bill as Senate Republicans
launched another attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act-after the
party's two previous efforts ended in humiliating defeat.


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